Does this Camera take close up pics. Like a critter that's just 3 or 4 feet from the cam ? Or is it just for long distance shoots.
21988
It takes pictures or video if a critter comes within the camera's range of motion 1 to 3 feet out up to 40 to 50 feet out. It takes pictures of birds flying or whatever comes within the camera's range of motion sensors. It's a good buy for the money.
21989
It does close-ups very well. I use it for nuisance wildlife control, sometimes I will place this inside walls on top of walking paths and allows the animals to walk up to it and walk over it. I once photographed a mouse running in the dark on concrete warehouse floor about three feet from the cam. It looks great. I have other trailcams, some much more expensive, and this one is always my go to cam. The one set back it snap time. From the time the motion sensor recieves the signal to record or snap a photo it takes about .75 of a second. I've never timed it, so it may be a full second. Never-the-less that isn't a problem if the creature is coming straight towards it. However, if the critter in questions is passing the field of view of the cam from the side, sometimes the cam will miss the action. For example that mouse that was caught on the cam would have been missed if it was one foot a way running at full speed perpendicularly to the cam. By the time the lens started the mouse would have been out of view. Of course, if the game is medium sized or larger (raccoon, beaver, coyote, deer, etc) this usually isn't a problem because the body is large enough to make for the slow shutter speed.
1619189
First, great camera, two issues. One it is a big zoom, like you said some times in the little LCD Pic are not sharp once you view on computer screen. Second and the reason I got rid of the camera because sometimes focus is really slow and it can and will take an out of focus pictures occasionally.
1051026
Great little camera, there is NO flash. There is a little tiny light you can turn on for taking "close-ups" like within 3 feet. That's it. It's "pretty good" for movies, for stills, be very study or use a tripod.
609060
It takes fine pictures at night. It isn't SLR quality, and occasionally even my iPhone does as well, but where it really shines is under water. We dropped ours in 36ft off of the bow of our sailboat and it did fine, even after spending several hours down there until we could recover it (no dive gear on the boat and that is beyond my free diving capability). It is still a point and shoot with a small lens. I am happy with it, but it is far from a perfect camera. Our Canon SLR is superior, but that is to be expected. Its a great travel camera for those active moments where you can't take an SLR.
787438
Yes! I do a blog on fb about the little island I live on and people have noticed a difference in my pictures. I took a pic of a dragonfly up in a tree with the sony and you can count the hairs in its back. Great camera! Well worth the money.
1205528
With a tripod and a remote release, you can take night shots of non-moving subjects with very low light. If you have a DSLR you can increase the "iso" to take photos in low light but this introduces "noise" into the picture. Also this lens has a very shallow depth of field. For its price I find it worth the investment. You can get as close as 6 ft. From your subject. Almost a closeup lens. Good for tiny subjects. Good luck.
1760740
It did very well when I took photos inside at a college basketball game. I used the shutter priority for 1/400 speed. The "scene" sports setting was giving me 1/250 and 1/300. I'd post a picture, but don't know how. I was impressed.
1077783
That is really a hard question to answer all I can say is I have been able to do some great closeups with the zoom, better then macro I think you have to be about 25 feet away to use the full zoom on closeups
130729
Hi, This camera does excellent close ups. See my photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/erictessmer/Good luck in choosing your camera.
1316133
I have it set up on my garage and it takes a picture every time my dog moves in his pen. Its 14ft high angled down and the pen is about 100 ft away. I have pics of cats about 50ft behind the dog but I don't know if the dog or cat triggered the camera.
653987
MY experience has been that it takes good low light pictures in the same room. If you were to zoom in and take pictures from 20-25 feet away in the AUTO mode, I did not have good success in this mode. However, there are many modes on this camera and I have not tried them all. What impressed me the most about this camera is for outside long shots, you can zoom in long distances and get detail from the architecture on the tops of buildings. It was also great for getting close up shots in the zoo. I took pictures of pandas and could get a picture that looked like the panda was standing next to me. MY experience has been that it takes good low light pictures in the same room. If you were to zoom in and take pictures from 20-25 feet away in the AUTO mode, I did not have good success in this mode. However, there are many modes on this camera and I have not tried them all. What impressed me the most about this camera is for outside long shots, you can zoom in long distances and get detail from the architecture on the tops of buildings. It was also great for getting close up shots in the zoo. I took pictures of pandas and could get a picture that looked like the panda was standing next to... » Read More MY experience has been that it takes good low light pictures in the same room. If you were to zoom in and take pictures from 20-25 feet away in the AUTO mode, I did not have good success in this mode. However, there are many modes on this camera and I have not tried them all. What impressed me the most about this camera is for outside long shots, you can zoom in long distances and get detail from the architecture on the tops of buildings. It was also great for getting close up shots in the zoo. I took pictures of pandas and could get a picture that looked like the panda was standing next to me. « Show Less
2184216
I am looking for a camera of this range. My short list is like this Panasonic FZ 100, FZ40, Fuji Film HS10, Kodak Easyshare Z 981 and Olympus SP 800 UZ. Basically I am looking for a camera useful for birdwatching - distant shots, high optical zoom, faster speed etc. can you pl help me in selection. e mail haridas53@gmail.com
959969
This is my opinion on your question. This camera is not designed to take pictures less than 18 inches from the subject so I would say it is not suitable for what you want to do. Secondly, doing what you purpose would be a very low-light situation and even if the camera would do closeup exposures there would be issues with the pictures and any movement of the subject would be blurred.
680854
The camera clicks when it takes a pic. The sensor range is very long...could be as much a 70 ft. I love the camera. The only bad thing is that when the wind blows, you could have about 5,000 snaps because of moving trees or bushes in front, even a good ways down.Even moving cars. But I rather have too many pix than not enough. The video is cool too but eats up more of the battery. So use as necessary.
777074
This camera takes 4 AA batteries. Surprisingly, they last a long time. I used it several times, several days a week, and it was at least 2 weeks before i had to change them. I love this camera! It takes amazing close ups & stills. Not great for sports or action bc the pics are blurry. ;0)
1138420
The camera works very well, and it will work good for about 1/4 to a half mile away. Hope this helps!!
167912
It has a macro setting for closer up pic but if you true super close macro you will need to use a camera with interchangeable lens. You can set it to continue to take pics as long as you hold down the button.